Children's and illustrated books
Collection of works
£945
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Rackham, Arthur, illustrator - Richard Wagner. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. London: William Heinemann, 1910. 8vo, original cloth gilt;
Idem. Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods. London: William Heinemann, 1911. 8vo, original cloth gilt;
Idem. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. London: William Heinemann, 1910. 8vo, original cloth gilt, dust-jacket with a few minor flaws;
Rackham, Arthur, illustrator - Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle. London: William Heinemann, 1905. 8vo, original green cloth gilt;
Rackham, Arthur, illustrator - William Shakespeare. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. London: William Heinemann, 1910. 8vo, original cloth gilt;
Rackham, Arthur, illustrator. The Allies' Fairy Book. London: William Heinemann, [n.d.] 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;
Smeaton, Oliphant. Edinburgh and its Story. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1904. 4to, original cream cloth gilt;
Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. Second edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket with some flaws;
Idem. When we Were Very Young. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924. Fourth edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;
Hughes, Ted. Birthday Letters. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1998. First edition, first impression, 8vo, signed and inscribed by Ted Hughes;
Hughes, Ted and Seamus Heaney, editors. The School Bag. London: Faber and Faber, 1997. First edition, 8vo, signed and inscribed by Hughes;
[Swift, Jonathan] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. 8vo, illustrated by Charles E. Brock with original green cloth gilt; and 5 others (17)
Provenance
Select items from the estate of the late Lady Penn.